<p>Will someone who has previously applied be given preference over a person who is applying for the first time?</p>
<p>Does the acceptance rate differ greatly between boarders and day students? Or is it about the same?</p>
<p>rad, I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking. If you see new reasons to apply, by all means go ahead. It’s up to you. Applying as a repeat student really depends on your background; it’s something to discuss with Admission. We do have thirds for some sports; the webpage is probably a better guide to that.</p>
<p>2010, I don’t usually discuss admission issues, but you can be certain that all applications are given full consideration. It’s common for people who are rejected to apply again in the following year. You’re competing with a different pool and have as good of a shot as everyone else. Questions about admission rates are best directed to the Admission office.</p>
<p>What are “thirds” sports? Is it the same as Exeter’s “spaz” sports I’ve heard about (but know very little about)?</p>
<p>“spaz” sports aren’t really sports… “prep spaz” is just the class that preps take when they don’t make it into a JV or V sport. It’s like a gym class, and each semester you practice all the sports that the school offers for that season.</p>
<p>OK, thanks… but what are “thirds” sports?</p>
<p>thirds are sub-JV sports</p>
<p>@PEA: I was asking what would be some reasons for me to apply to PEA over another school. and why thirds sports weren’t in the yearbook.</p>
<p>If you are defining third sports as sub-JV comepetitive sports against other schools, Exeter doesn’t exactly have third sports. It has club sports that you can sign up for after prep year that play against other teams from the same sport inside Exeter (as opposed to other schools). However, Tennis does have Varsity A and B and then also JV so maybe the JV is kind of like a thirds team, but it’s the only sport that has that.</p>
<p>I’m defining ‘thirds’ as like hat would be called ‘freshman’ at a PS.
Urban- they’re teams that compete a sub-JV level interscholastically. I know that NMH’ thirds/fourths teams compete w/ pre-preps as well as other schools’ thirds teams.</p>
<p>We do have thirds in some sports; as rad says, these are teams below JV that nonetheless are part of the varsity/jv program and compete interscholastically (even though on a more limited schedule than V or JV). E.g., crew has this (“novices”).</p>
<p>As for reasons to apply to Exeter, some of our distinctive features in comparison to our top boarding schools include Harkness in every class, our relatively large size and number of class offerings, our non-religious nature (no required chapel, etc.), and our significant endowment. If these are attributes that you find appealing, consider applying.</p>
<p>Any reasons that aren’t in the viewbook/website/blasted across the universe [ sorry if that sounds a bit bitter, i think it does :/]? Like personality wise, or something other than those which you said. [which are very general and wouldn’t really be of any help deciding anything about the school]</p>
<p>What makes exeter stand out from a view on the inside? as opposed to say Taft, NMH, or another school[say…MX]</p>
<p>Well what do you like about NMH, Taft, and MX that you don’t see from Exeter’s viewbook and website?</p>
<p>How are the orchestras graded?</p>
<p>rad, I haven’t taught at any of the other schools, so I can’t make informed comparisons beyond what I already said. The features I mentioned are those that I find meaningful from the inside. E.g., I find Harkness a unique system that is more conducive to learning than any other system I have personally experienced. I find that size matters because a tiny school like Groton feels very different than a much bigger school like Exeter, and depending on what you like, one will likely be a better fit than the other. And so on.</p>
<p>urban, if you take orchestra, you’re graded pass/fail and also get a comment from your teacher (as you do for all your classes).</p>
<p>-those were just examples of other schools that i thought might help you provide better comparison, but i guess not. 
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<p>thanks anyway though.</p>
<p>How can you ‘stand out’ at Exeter? I mean, the athletes are all really good, the kids here are incredibly smart, and a load of the kids are compassionate. It seems almost impossible to be known well at Exeter; to do something really incredible. I’m not talking about popularity here at all, but how would a student be more of an ‘overachiever’ in a school full of overachievers? This is just out of curiosity, by the way. I know a person who attends Exeter, and he says that basically, you can either be really good academically, an exceptionally talented and skilled athlete, or be the next Mother Teresa (just kidding, but someone who’s super involved.)</p>
<p>My former math teacher would present concepts in a typical way (x+y=5, x+7=y) then on the tests we would have to apply them using word problems and other techniques. At Exeter do the teachers do the opposite: present word problems as homework and then on tests have regular problems, or is it constant: word problems as homework and on quizzes and tests?</p>
<p>Also, do we recieve new schedule each term or just at the beginning of the school year?</p>
<p>Does Exeter have a good sense of school pride/spirit?
That is something my old hs severely lacked and I really didn’t like the atmosphere that came along with that</p>
<p>This reply is obviously late but maybe someone will find it useful. After Exeter, I attended one of the UC mega schools that supplemented lectures attended by around 300students with “discussion sections” comprised of 12 to 15 students and a graduate TA. Attendance and performance in these discussion sections usually counted for one third of your class grade. Discussion topics were drawn from the reading assignments and lectures. Anyone who spent at least a year sitting at Harkness tables could easily dominate a section; be sure to resist the temptation to slice and dice the TA. Lectures come in two flavors: the lectures either support/augment the reading or vice-versa the difference between the two are subtle and important only if you get stuck with a bad lecturer. Which leads me to the following hint: as an Exie, Andie, Paulie etc. you know how to take notes from reading so do the reading assignment BEFORE the associated lecture. You can then compare your reading notes to the lecture notes to give you an idea of how your lecture note taking is developing. As for what to do with a bad lecturer, tell your parents that those people who were asleep in there Ivy lecture halls were preppies who realized that they could do a better job than the lecturer then decided to take a nap.</p>
<p>littleivy, I wouldn’t worry about “standing out.” I think a lot of people stand out just because they’re good at something in particular or focus their energy on something (a sport, club, extracurricular) that they find especially interesting.</p>
<p>urbanflop, without going into details, most teachers will expect you to “stretch” on exams, i.e., go beyond what you’ve seen before, so as to show that you’ve really learned something and you don’t just have good memory. You get a brand-new schedule every term.</p>
<p>gabiiwoz, yes, I would say that there’s strong school spirit at Exeter. When we have Exeter/Andover, a lot of people will dress in red and go out to support the teams. Most people take pride in their school (but, I would say, without going overboard).</p>
<p>I am applying for my senior year at PEA. Does this make a difference?</p>